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The Political Economy of Standards and Standard-Setting Processes
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Niclas Meyer
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July 7, 2014
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Standard-setting is not (only) concerned with the solution of technical problems. Under the guise of technical problem solving, standard-setting processes often deal with redistributive and normative issues. In standard- setting there tend to be clearly identifiable winners and losers. This makes it inherently political in nature. Democratic political systems generally foresee legislative processes to deal with such issues. Delegating these issues to standard-setters is in itself a political choice.
Published Online: 2014-7-7
Published in Print: 2014-9-1
© 2014 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
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